The November/December edition of The Oracle Java Magazine featured an article about : “Teach kids to code and give them tools for success.” By Java Magazine Chief Editor Caroline Kvitka [gview file=”http://www.devoxx4kids.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/javamagazine20141112.pdf”]
Neelie Kroes, former European Commissioner for Digital Agenda and Vice-President of the European Commission, is explaining in the video how programming is exciting and fun. Great inspiration for our Devoxx4Kids children and, we hope, future Devoxxians. [iframe width=”100%” height=”500″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/KVR2vjniQv0″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen]
This year, the biggest Oracle Conference (JavaOne and Oracle Open World) hosted a combined Devoxx4Kids/Oracle Academy event (JavaOne Kids Day) in San Francisco, on the Saturday before the official kickoff of JavaOne 2014. 136 children (43% girls, 57% boys) attended the event (amongst the 151 registered in total), happy to […]
On October 13, Arun, founder of the Devoxx4Kids USA chapter, did a presentation during a “New Relic Future Talks” in Portland, OR. Arun covered the inception of Devoxx4Kids, its growth and global adoption and also gave some guidelines on how to start a local chapter. Check out the video recorded […]
Meet Alex, a 9-year-old kid talking about the games he has made with Scratch after the first Devoxx4Kids session in Guadalajara, Mexico. Click here: Having fun with Scratch
Devoxx4Kids is really proud to announce that , the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, is now a Devoxx4Kids Platinum sponsor. Through this sponsorship, Red Hat is showing a strong interest in children IT education and Devoxx4Kids actions in that direction. Many thanks for their support. The Devoxx4Kids teams […]
Arun (Devoxx4Kids USA) and Simon St. Laurent (Oscon) being interviewed by Twit.tv (Randal Schwartz) on OSCON Kids Day. [iframe src=”http://twit.tv/embed/16278″ width=”70%” height=”320″]
The year 2014 is the second year in which the EU Ada Awards are appointed to outstanding women and girls active in STEM and to organisations for promoting girls and women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). When I heard about the second edition, I directly thought about all […]
The first edition of Devoxx4Kids in Köln (Germany) took place today. Many thanks to the team (Wombat Software) and all the participants for such a great event. Hagen Bauer, father of a boy that attended the event, blogged about it here: https://www.hagen-bauer.de/2014/06/devcamp4kids-devoxx4kids-programmier-workshop.html
The very first edition of Devoxx4Kids in the UK took place 1 week ago, on 14st of June 2014 in London. Tasha, Devoxx4Kids Belgium, blogged about it here: http://www.lucubratory.eu/first-devoxx4kids-event-in-london/
